Monday, May 16, 2005

Monday.

Seems like every time I turn around it’s Monday again. Typically, I’m pretty uninspired on Mondays and today is no exception. It takes all my energy just to get up and get myself out the door.

The only good Monday is a Monday off. And hey! We Canadians just happen to have one coming up. Thankfully, our first long weekend of the season is next weekend. I think that we all could use it.

What do Canadians usually do on our first long weekend of the season?

Well there are 2 trains of thought.

The first is that everyone should go camping this weekend. Even if it’s only in your backyard. There should be campfires and sleeping bags and lotsa beer. Hence, the nickname May Two-Four Weekend.

The other crowd calls it the Victoria Day Weekend. This crowd plants their flowers and does yard work. The only saving grace to this approach is that it, too, usually involves plenty of alcohol.

The kicker is that inevitably it rains every May long weekend.

What will I do? Not sure yet. We have been invited to a campout. But I sure would like to get my hands in the dirt and plant some flowers around my house. There is also a festival on with lots of great concerts to see.

Whatever I end up doing doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that this is my last working Monday for the next 14 days. Yay!!!